GM, Ford layoff 500 more workers, blaming strike
General Motors and Ford are laying off 500 additional workers between them, blaming the expansion of the strike announced by the United Auto Workers union at those companies on Friday.
2023-10-03 23:56
Mack Trucks strike narrowly avoided as company reaches tentative deal with UAW union
A tentative contract agreement has been reached between Mack Trucks and thousands of its auto workers, the United Auto Workers union announced late Sunday, narrowly averting a strike at the company.
2023-10-02 17:49
Health care is in crisis. The looming strike by 75,000 health workers is just another sign of that
Savonnda Blaylock, a pharmacy technician in northern California, has worked for health care giant Kaiser Permanente for 22 years and she's never been on strike. That could change on Wednesday when she becomes one of 75,000 workers who participate in the nation's largest health care strike in history.
2023-10-02 03:52
California governor vetoes bill offering unemployment pay to strikers
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have paid unemployment benefits to striking workers,
2023-10-01 11:46
Going to food banks. Canceling after-school activities. How federal workers will manage a government shutdown
Several million federal employees will stop being paid if lawmakers cannot agree on funding the federal agencies by the start of the coming fiscal year on October 1. Hundreds of people wrote to CNN to express their views about the looming shutdown.
2023-09-30 22:28
Israeli conscripts banned as guards after allegations of sex with Palestinian inmate
The interior minister said no female soldiers would serve in prisons holding Palestinian "terrorirsts".
2023-09-30 16:46
UAW to expand strike at Ford and GM, Fain says
The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike to additional facilities of automakers Ford and GM, the UAW head said on Friday, adding that additional Stellantis members will not be called to go on strike.
2023-09-29 23:18
Israel reopens Gaza crossings, lets Palestinians back to work after two weeks
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Israel reopened crossing points with Gaza on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to get
2023-09-28 19:45
A migrant worker died at a North Carolina farm on a day when temperatures approached 100 degrees. The state is now investigating
A migrant worker from Mexico died at a North Carolina farm earlier this month on a day when temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and his death is now being investigated by the state's labor department.
2023-09-27 10:17
Joe Biden to join UAW workers on picket line in a US first
Both President Joe Biden and ex-president Donald Trump are courting auto workers in Michigan this week.
2023-09-26 22:27
Second Republican debate: When is it and what to expect
Seven candidates will battle it out in California, with frontrunner Donald Trump absent again.
2023-09-26 21:46
Confusion swirls around Biden's trip to visit striking autoworkers
Confusion reigned on the eve of Joe Biden's Tuesday trip to Michigan, as the White House scrambled to finalize the president's plans for visiting striking autoworkers and lawmakers were left guessing about his itinerary.
2023-09-26 10:23